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Ar-15 to MG81z type conversion
Buickman58
Member Posts: 5 ✭
Looking at pictures and thinking of things that can't be done but just for fun let me go down this rabbit hole.
-If you were to take a left hand shooting AR-15 and pair it up to a regular right hand example, add a left side bolt you could have something close to an MG81z gun.
-If you paired a set up with two belt feed uppers(you would have to find a dual side feed), you would almost be on par with the Germans 80+ years ago. I have not found a belt feed upper system that will allow the feed from either side but it is curious to think it could be done.
-More so interesting: you could take a 22 conversion(a left eject is made) and use a cut off for the stock to reduce the overall size and weight down to a very light gun. I am not a fan of composite lowers but between those and say a 7.5 or less(barrel) upper say 20 pounds(with ammo) for a fully loaded dual gun. As they don't make a 22 belt feed that is dual you would have to be with mags, but still could be impressive. If auto could roughly shoot at 2600-3200 for the twin guns, which as 22s could even be suppressed to have 0 recoil, quiet, cheap, and be carried by a single person.
-I would guess to combine the two, you would use drop in triggers and have a single grip similar to the MG81z but using maybe the rail system to bind the two.
There is a interesting example that is called the Gilboa-snake that just about is this, that combine the platform.
It does have some slight changes from using two separate examples which like the Germans I believe would be an advantage to have vs the singular example. Using a 22 platform as well for weight I would think be an interesting idea.
-What do you guys think would be the drawbacks of this?
-Would the harmonics become an issue like the Germans found?
-If you were to take a left hand shooting AR-15 and pair it up to a regular right hand example, add a left side bolt you could have something close to an MG81z gun.
-If you paired a set up with two belt feed uppers(you would have to find a dual side feed), you would almost be on par with the Germans 80+ years ago. I have not found a belt feed upper system that will allow the feed from either side but it is curious to think it could be done.
-More so interesting: you could take a 22 conversion(a left eject is made) and use a cut off for the stock to reduce the overall size and weight down to a very light gun. I am not a fan of composite lowers but between those and say a 7.5 or less(barrel) upper say 20 pounds(with ammo) for a fully loaded dual gun. As they don't make a 22 belt feed that is dual you would have to be with mags, but still could be impressive. If auto could roughly shoot at 2600-3200 for the twin guns, which as 22s could even be suppressed to have 0 recoil, quiet, cheap, and be carried by a single person.
-I would guess to combine the two, you would use drop in triggers and have a single grip similar to the MG81z but using maybe the rail system to bind the two.
There is a interesting example that is called the Gilboa-snake that just about is this, that combine the platform.
It does have some slight changes from using two separate examples which like the Germans I believe would be an advantage to have vs the singular example. Using a 22 platform as well for weight I would think be an interesting idea.
-What do you guys think would be the drawbacks of this?
-Would the harmonics become an issue like the Germans found?